Austrocheirus Ezcurra et al. 2010 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Noasauridae

Full reference: M. D. Ezcurra, F. L. Agnolin, and F. E. Novas. 2010. An abelisauroid dinosaur with a non-atrophied manus from the Late Cretaceous Pari Aike Formation of southern Patagonia. Zootaxa 2450:1-25

Parent taxon: Noasauridae according to T. Tortosa et al. 2014

See also AgnolĂ­n et al. 2023, Delcourt 2018, Ezcurra et al. 2010 and Novas et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Berthasaura, Compsosuchus, Deltadromeus, Elaphrosaurinae, Himalayadrinda, Huinculsaurus, Jubbulpuria, Laevisuchus, Ligabueino, Noasaurinae, Ornithomimoides barasimlensis

Subtaxa: Austrocheirus isasii

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Type: Austrocheirus isasii

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hoyada Arroyo Seco (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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